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N. E. MONTGOMERY 81; J. A. RICE.

WINDOW SASH.

No. 565,774. Patented A 11 1896" flak/'1' fi [Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a windowframe provided with my improved sashes.

UNITED STATES PATENT LIeoNIER, INDIANA.

w|Nuow-sAsHr SPEC IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,774,dated August '11, 1896.

Q gApplication filed April 15, 1896, Serial No. 587,686. (No model.)

Tau/Z1 whom it may concern:

ERY, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and.

JESSE A. RICE, of Ligonier, in the county of Noble and State ofIndiana,have invented Be it known that we, NINA E. M NTGOM- certain newand useful Improvements in I Window-Sashes; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had I, carrying frame adapted to fitand be secured in the sash proper, whereby the glass may be ing. 20.

' side and out, are thereby avoided.

totheaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,

.This invention pertains to window-sashes, and its object is to providea removable glassreadily removed from the window for cleanin'g windowsof the usual character, both in- The invention consists in thenovelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed,and illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fig. 2 is aVertical cross-sectional view of the j as ' same.

Fig. 3' is an elevation of .the upper sash. Fig. 4 is a horizontalcross-sectional View of the lower end of the same. Fig. 5 is across-sectional view of the lower sash.

The window-frame A is formed with the usual vertical runways B, in whichthe lower sash-frame C and upper sash-frame D are adapted to move in theusual manner by, meansnfsash-weights: Fitting snugly within "lowersash-frame Cis the removable glasscarrying frame E. H The front side oftop rail 0' offrame 0 forms a rabbet, and fitting hind it is the rabbetE" on the rear side of 'the top rail of frameE. The positions of therabbets on the lower rail of the said frames are reversed, se that byinserting the upper end of'removable frame E with bead E behind therabbeirof rail 0 the frame It may then be pushed to place in frame O,with both of the horizontal meeting edges of said frame Theinconvenience and danger of cleansealed by the rabbets, as shown in Fig.2. The stiles of lower frame 0, as well as the stiles of the removableframe, are also rabbeted, as shown at F, to make tight joints.

The upper ends of removable frame G and sash-frame D, in which it fits,are rabbeted at H in a manner similar to the corresponding .parts, ofthe lower sash, and thesame is true of the stiles of the upper sash andfraine, as indicated at I. The lower rail .of removable frame G is alsorabbeted to fit the rabbeted lower rail of frame D, and in addition tothis'said rail at its front side is formed with projecting extremitiesK, which make a tight fit between the meeting-rails of the sashes whenthe window is closed. Frame G may be conveniently'held in sash-frame Bby hooks L, while for securing the removable frame in the lower sash weprovide the fastening device M. These fastenings form no part of ourinvention, and any'forni of securing device may be-employed that may bedesired. I

Vith window-sashes constructed as herein shown and described, the glassand frame in which it fits may be readily removed for cleaning, whilewhen in place perfectly-tight scams or joints are formed, and the sameare securely held from displacement.

,Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

oppositely arranged rabbets on the inner surfaces of the rails of saidframes, the rabbets on the-stiles of saidframes, the removableglass-carrying frame adapted to fit within the sash-frame, theoppositely-arranged rabbets upon the outer sides of the rails of saidremovable frame, and the rabbets upon the outer sides of the stiles ofsaid removable frame, the respective rabbets of the sashframe andremovable frame being adapted to coact in the manner and for thepurpose, substantially as herein shown and described.

- .2. The combination of the. lower sash, the

upper sash-frame D, the removable glass-carrying frame adapted to fitwithin said frame D,

.80 -1. The combination'of a sash-frame, the

the lower rail of said removable frame provided upon its inner side withthe projected extremities, whereby the space between the meeting-railsof the respective sashes is filled, substantially as shown and descrbed,

3. The combination of the lower and upper sashes the removableglass-carrying frame adapted to fit in the said upper sash, the

lower rail of said frame forming the meetingrail for the upper sash, theends of the said frame-rail being reduced as at K and extended so as toproject over the stiles of the up- .per sash and fill the spacetherebetween and the meeting-rail of the lower sash, substantially asshown and described In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures inpresence of two witnesses;

NINA E. MONTGOMERY. JESSE A. RICE.

\Vitnesses' for Nina E. Montgomery: H. E. KATTMAN, I LEWIS AUSTINCOLEMAN.

Vitnesses for Jesse A. Rice:

WiLLiAM G, GARDNER, GEORGE S. WOODRUFF.

